Toy animal



Oct. 6, 1925- I J. T. NAUSE TOY ANIMAL Filed Aug. 2:5. 1924 2Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct. 6 1925- 1,556,244

J. T. NAUSE TOY ANIMAL Filed Aug. 25. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet '2 JT/luusePatented Oct, 6, i325,

omrsn stares JOHN T. N'A'USE, F JOLIET, ILLINQIS.

TOY ANTHEAL.

Application filed August 23, 1924. Serial No. 733,724.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that T, Jenn .T, NAUSE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rockdale, doliet, in the county of W ill and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in ToyAnimals, of which following is a specification,

reference bein had to the accom )an in' drawings.

This invention relates to toys, and particularly to toy animals soconstructed that certain members move as the toy is drawn over floor.

The general object of the invention is to provide a toy of thischaracter which, as illustrated, has the form of a duck, and which is soconstructed that the head will move up and down and that the wings will0 en and shut and the tail will wa 'le after My invention is illustratedin the accompanying drawings, wherein 2- Figure l is a side elevation ofmy improved toy; Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of the toy; L

Figure 3 is a plan view of the tall with the adjacent body portion insection;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary transverse section through one side wall ofthe box body.

showing one of the wings;

Figure 5 is a framentary perspective diagrammatic view showing themechanism for actuating the head, tail and wings.

Referring to these drawings, designates the body of the duck, which maybe made of wood, papier-mach, or any other suitable material but which,if made of wood, is preferably made in two sections 11 and 12, thesection 11 being relatively thick and the section 12 merely covering oneside of the body, these two sections being held together by screws 13 orin any other suitable manner.

The section 11 is formed at the junction of the neck with the body witha slot 14, while the section 11 at the tail is formed with atransversely extending slot 15. The

sections are formed with the downwardly extending legs ld between whichis mounted the wheel 17, whiie passing through the body rearward of thewheel 17 is crank shaft 18 carrying upon its ends the Wheeis 19. Thehead with the neck 20 is carried by a lever 21 mounted upon a pivot pin22, the lever extending beyond this pivot pin and having an eye 23. Thetail 24: is mounted upon a lever 25 which extends through the slot 15,this tail being mounted upon a pivot-pin 26, Hinged upon the teriorfaces of the sides of the body are the wings 27, the wings being hingedat 28.

The crank shaft 18 at its ends extends through the side walls of thebody and is provided with two cranks 29 and one crank 30, the crank 30being medially disposed The crank 30 is connected by a link 31 to a bellcrank lever 32 mounted upon a trans verse pin 33, the bell crank leverbeing of wire and coiled around this pin, as at 34:, the forwardlyprojecting arm 35 of the beli crank lever being extended through the eye23. It will be obvious now that as the crank revolves, oscillation willbe communicated to the bell crank lever 32 and to the armr35 and thusthe head of the duck will be caused to oscillate through the lever 22.The tail of the duck is given a lateral oscillation by means of a doublearmed lever 36 mounted in a bearing 37 on the side wali of the body, onearm of this lever being connected by an eye 38 to a connecting rod 39engaging the medially disposed crank 30,

the other arm of this lever extending ver- .tically and passing throughan eye 40 on the lever 25.- i

For the purpose of oscillating the wings 27 I mount upon the side wallsof the body the wire shafts 41 which are mounted as,. for instance, inwooden bearing blocks 42,

7 one end of each shaft being provided with the inwardly projecting arm43 having an eye at its inner end connected by a link iito thecorresponding crank 29. The other end of the shaft 41 is provided withthe outwardly projecting arm 45 which extends out through a slot 46 inthe side wall of the body, and this arm exteriorly of the body isdownwardly bent, as at 4:7, and passes through an eye 48 mounted on theinner face of the ducks wing.

When a toy as above described is pushed over a floor or pavement, thedriving wheels 19 act to cause the ducks head to move up and down, theducks wings to flap, and the tail to waggle, thus giving a very amusingsuggestion and similitude to the ordinary motions of a duck. The toy issimple and cheaply made. It is obvious that the same principle might beapplied to the construction of other toy animals, that is the provisionof members having eyes with levers formed of wire passing looselythrough the eyes and operatively connected to the driving wheels of thetoy. I do not wish to be limited to a toy having the form of a duck orto the details of construction except as defined in the appended claims.Thus I do not wish to be limited to any particular means for propellingthe toy animal, but I have illustrated for this purpose a bifurcatedhandle 49 which straddles the rear end of the handle and is pivotallyconnected thereto in an obvious manner. This handle will act to pressdown upon the wheels 19 and thus secure'the tractive eifect which isnecessary.

I claim formed to provide a hollow body, the body.

at its forward end being provided with a vertically disposed slot and atits rear end with a horizontally disposed slot, wheels upon which thebody is mounted and having a crank shaft, a head, a neck having a shankextending into the hollow body through said vertically disposed slot andpivoted thereon, means connected to the crank enaft for oscillating thehead in a vertical plane, wings mounted upon the sides of the body foroscillation, means connected to the crank shaft for oscillating saidwings, a tail having a portion disposed within the body and extendingout through the horizontally disposed slot in the rear end of the body,the tail being pivoted for lateral oscillation, and means operativelyconnected to thel crank shaft for laterally oscillating the tai.

2. A toy of the character described formed to provide a hollow bodyhaving at its forward end a vertically disposed slot and at its rear enda horizontally disposed slot, a head, a neck having a shank extendinginto the hollow body and pivoted thereon, wheels upon which the hollowbody is mounted, a crank shaft upon which one of said wheels is mountedand having three cranks, a tail having a shank extending through thehorizontally disposed slot and pivoted to the body for lateral movement,means connected to one of said cranks and operatively connected to theshank of the head whereby the head maybe oscillated vertically, meansconnected to the same crank and operatively connected to the tailwhereby the tail may be oscillated laterally, and means connected to thetwo other cranks and operatively connected to the wings whereby the wins may be oscillated.

3. A toy anima of the character described comprising a hollow body,wings, hinged to the body, a head, a neck having a shank extendingthrough the body, the body being longitudinally slotted and the shankbeing pivoted to the body, the rear end of the body being formed with atransversely extending slot, a tail having a portion extendingthroughsaid slot and into the interior of the body and pivoted therein, a crankshaft mounted in the body and having traction wheels exterior thereto,the crank shaft being formed with three cranks, a bell crank leverpivotally mounted within the body, a link connecting one arm of the bellcrank lever with the medially disposed crank of the crank shaft, an eyeon the shank of the head, a neck through which the other arm of the bellcrank passes, a double-armed lever pivotall a link connecting one arm ofthe lever to the medially disposed crank shaft, an eye on the tailthrough which the other arm .of the lever slidingly passes, shaftsmounted upon and parallel to the inner faces of the side walls of thebody and having arms at one end extending outward through slots in theside walls of the body, said armsthen extending upward, the other end ofeach shaft having an inwardly projecting arm, connecting rods betweensaid inwardly projecting arm and the outer cranks of the crank shaft,and eyes on the inner faces of the wings through which the upwardlyprojecting first named arms pass.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

JOHN T. NAUSE.

mounted within the body,

